If you are looking to build products that can have larger and positive impacts on future generations, EdTech is one of the best domains. We have worked with different educational institutes and organizations that have used multiple learning solutions, but they often have some suggestions on how this can be better.
In this post, we will explore what schools want from EdTech solution developers and how you can build a business that generates revenue and improves the future of millions of students.
The global EdTech market is at an early stage now and only 4 percent of global tech spending goes to EdTech solutions. This shows two things: one is that the EdTech market has a lot of potential, and the other is that there aren’t any good tools and solutions in this area that can ramp up spending and adoption.
What Schools Want From EdTech in 2025?
We have worked with many institutes and helped them digitalize their operations, so we have firsthand experience of pain points faced by institutes. In 2025, schools want more than just LMS from EdTech, and if you can deliver great products that make learning accessible and democratized, you can surely build a better business around it. Below are a few things that are constantly demanded by institutes, and you can capitalize on them.
Personalized Learning Solutions
Gone are the days of static learning solutions that provided the same recommendations for all learners regardless of their background. Today, schools want personalized learning solutions that can use the latest AI/ML techniques to create personalized learning paths and curriculums for each student and help them grow. Moreover, schools are also expecting various content forms so that education can be delivered to students with diverse learning styles.
Easy-to-Use Platforms
Many EdTech solutions are packed with tons of features, and they don’t have any user guides or support, which makes the learning and management experience bad. Schools are looking for platforms that are easier to use and provide all the features they require in delivering their educational content seamlessly. Real-time dashboards, grading, lesson planning, class scheduling, and other such features make the platform much more desirable today.
Data Security
With everything moving to the cloud and online, data security is a big concern for schools as they store a significant amount of data for every student. Every school is looking for EdTech solutions that comply with FERPA, COPPA, GDPR, and other local data protection and privacy laws.
Schools are also encouraging clear communication about operational data being stored and used on the platform to evaluate privacy-first solutions. The focus on multi-factor authentication, encryption, and security audits is also increasing.
Support for Hybrid Learning
Today, schools provide online and in-person education to their students, and due to this, they are always looking for hybrid learning solutions that don’t restrict them to a geography. Today’s EdTech platforms should support hybrid learning where educational content, grading, class schedules, assignments, etc., are accessible online and offline without any difference.
Integrations
Schools are using multiple products to accomplish different tasks, and they cannot migrate everything to a single EdTech platform right from the start. Due to this, most schools are evaluating EdTech solutions that offer robust integrations with their existing systems. These integrations can help move data between systems and make data access and availability easier for everyone across the school’s systems.
AI for Support
Today, AI is better and cost-effective than humans in many aspects, and support is one such area. AI-driven support for platforms and solutions is rising rapidly, and schools are also looking for this feature in their EdTech solutions. AI tutors and support agents can help solve doubts of students at any time and help them learn concepts better.
Accessibility
Accessibility is another important thing that schools want from EdTech in 2025. As schools offer hybrid learning solutions to a diverse range of students, they want to use platforms that can accommodate the same for their students without causing any hurdles for them. So, you should build EdTech solutions which are customizable for language and content and are easy to use with screen readers and other assistive technologies.
Conclusion
Everyone has the right to education, and by building something better in this area, you will surely make a brighter future for students across the globe. As you know what schools want from EdTech in 2025, you should use this as a guide to find new ideas and tap into the market with Digital Products Solutions that address these requirements.
The author, Harikrishna Kundariya, is CEO at eSparkBiz Technologies.